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Global Denim by Daniel Miller & Sophie Woodward
Publication Date: 2010
On any given day nearly half the world's population is wearing blue jeans. This is entirely extraordinary. Yet there has never been a serious attempt to understand the causes, nature and consequences of denim as 'the' global garment of our world. This book takes up that challenge with gusto. It gives clear, if surprising, explanations for why this is the case, challenging the accepted history of jeans and showing why the reasons cannot be commercial.
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Denim by Emma McClendon
Publication Date: 2016
Denim is one of the world’s favorite fabrics, and today it accounts for the largest segment of the clothing industry. The market for jeans alone is worth over 55 billion dollars. Experiments with denim by designers have helped to develop a vast vocabulary of denim styles beyond jeans that are now ingrained in fashion’s lexicon. This book explores the multifaceted history of denim and examines the continually evolving relationship between it and high fashion.
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Levi Strauss by Lynn Downey
Publication Date: 2017
Despite creating an American icon, Levi Strauss is a mystery. Little is known about the man, and the widely circulated “facts” about his life are steeped in mythology. In this first full-length biography, Lynn Downey sets the record straight about this brilliant businessman. Strauss’s life was the classic American success story, filled with lessons about craft and integrity, leadership, and innovation.
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The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares
Publication Date: 2001
Once there was a pair of pants. Just an ordinary pair of jeans. But these pants, the Traveling Pants, went on to do great things. This is the story of the four friends - Lena, Tibby, Bridget, and Carmen - who made it possible.

Pants = love. Love your pals. Love yourself.
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Films

Blue Gold: American Jeans: A History of Blue Jeans (2014)

This documentary is weaving together the story of how one garment is connecting us all. Starting our journey in the American West, we travel around the world with jeans hunter Eric Schrader. An ambassador of Americana, Eric is trading in the history and values that have made Blue Jeans the most expensive and sought after piece of vintage clothing on the planet. (1hr 38mins)

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Riveted: The History of Jeans (2021)

Discover the fascinating story of this iconic American garment. From their roots in slavery to the Wild West, hippies, high fashion and hip-hop, jeans are the fabric on which the history of American ideology and politics are writ large. (53mins)

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